Using Excel or Word Glossaries

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  • To open a Tab-delimited Text (*.txt) glossary file in Wordfast Classic, go to the Terminology tab and any glossary sub-tab, click "Select", and select the (*.txt) file resulted from the conversion process.
  • To Import a Tab-delimited Text (*.txt) glossary file in Wordfast Pro, in your project, click Project Terminology > Import.[1]


Converting Excel Glossaries into Wordfast Glossaries (Tab-delimited Text File)

1- Make sure that your Excel file only includes 2 columns: one for the source terms and the other for the target terms.

2- Make sure that each field includes only the term (in the form expected to appear in original texts); omit any notes or unnecessary additions.

3- From the Excel File menu > Save as, choose "Tab-delimited" as your file type. Note: If your language pair includes special characters that are spoilt after converting into a txt file, you can select "Unicode Text", instead.

4- Click OK if a message prompts: "The selected file type does not support multiple workbooks that contain multiple sheets. To save only the active sheet, click OK."

5- Click Yes if a message prompts: "(The file) may contain features that are not compatible with Text (Tab-delimited). Do you want to keep the workbook in this format."

6- Now, you can close Excel without saving (as you have already saved the glossary).[2]

Converting Word Table Glossaries into Wordfast Glossaries (Tab-delimited Text File)

1- Make sure that your table includes only 2 columns, one for the source terms and the other for the target terms.

2- Make sure that each field includes only the term (in the form expected to appear in original texts); omit any notes or unnecessary additions.

3- Word 2000, XP or 2003: From the Table menu, select: Convert Table to Text, and Separate text with: Tabs. Word 2007, 2010 or 2011: Go to Layout pane and click Convert Table to Text.

4- Click the File menu (or the MS logo of Word 2007), click Save as and from "Save As Type", and select "Plain Text" (or "Text Only"). (Note: Use "Other encoding" -> "Unicode" if your language requires that).

Version: Wordfast Pro 5 5.7.0.RC2. Operating System: macOS

References

  1. ↑ This video (by Yasmin Moslem) illustrates how to import tab-delimited glossaries into Wordfast Pro.
  2. ↑ This video (by Yasmin Moslem) illustrates how to convert an Excel glossary to Wordfast glossary.

--Yasmin Moslem 29 December 2011

Updated by Byron 01/10/2019

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